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Customer Retention vs. New Clients: Finding the Right Balance

December 7, 2024
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Please bear with me as I drop a nugget to business owners. Always remember this, your client base cannot resemble a revolving door. If adding new customers or clients jeopardizes the older ones, you’ll likely find yourself treading water in business. Here are a few things to keep in mind.…

Beware Predatory Business Loans: How BBRC Can Help

December 7, 2024
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I’ve seen several ads from companies that promote small business loans. Most seem to target businesses who can’t or who don’t believe that can get bank financing. Lets be clear, banks are conservative and there are many, deserving entrepreneurs who are in the market for financing but, aren’t deemed “bank…

The Three-Legged Stool: Capacity, Capital, and Customers

January 7, 2025
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Capacity capital and customers. You’ll see these referred to on our websites, social media and on other material developed and distributed by the Birmingham Business Resource Center. I began using that combination of words as I conceptualized the center as a one stop for small business financing and related technical…

20 Dec 23

Conference in Review: How Mayors are Accelerating Minority Business Growth and Economic Equity

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Background The 2023 NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange and Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week, organized collaboratively by NMSDC and the MBDA, was held at the Baltimore Convention Center Oct.22-25. The gathering brought together mayors and high-level federal partners to deliberate on the ramifications of recent…

05 Dec 23

Entrepreneurship: A Workforce Development Strategy

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Throughout its evolution, the landscape of workforce development has shifted gradually. However, the profound significance of entrepreneurship as a cornerstone strategy remains somewhat underestimated. Despite its transformative potential, entrepreneurship’s pivotal role in sculpting a versatile and resilient workforce has yet to receive widespread recognition within traditional frameworks. In this article,…

30 Jan 23

4 Things Small Business Owners Should Consider Doing In 2023

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Welcome, 2023. Did you go into the fourth quarter of 2022 promising to find new ways to grow your business in 2023? Of course, you did. Everyone does. Then life happened. Thanksgiving popped up, Christmas stole a whole month, you blinked, and now 2023 is here and in full swing.…

30 Mar 21

The BBRC: A One Stop Source for Small Business and Technical Assistance

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Capacity, capital and customers. You'll see this phrase referred to on our websites, social media and on other material developed and distributed by the Birmingham Business Resource Center (BBRC).

06 Apr 21

The A.G. Gaston Business Institute: Fueling Entrepreneurship 365 Days a Year

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The A.G. Business Institute is a tribute to the late Arthur George (A.G.) Gaston, a legendary African-American entrepreneur who Black Enterprise hailed as the Black Entrepreneur of the 20th Century.

13 Apr 21

Want Your Business to Soar? The BBRC is Prepared to Help You

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Successful businesses must be built on three foundations to soar to the next level: Access to capital, the ability to identify market opportunities to acquire customers, and the ability to build sufficient business capacity.